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140100Lastest News on the world's environment'This. Is. Big.': After Years of Pressure, World Bank to Drastically Curb Funding of Fossihttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/12/big-after-years-pressure-world-bank-drastically-curb-fu
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Jessica Corbett, staff writer</div></div></div>&lEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/12/big-after-years-pressure-world-bank-drastically-curb-fuTue, 12 Dec 2017 16:34:30 GMTCommonDreams.org Headlines'Face of climate change'?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42322346
Images of a starving Canadian bear go viral - but all may not be as it appears.Science/Naturehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42322346Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:34:21 GMTBBC News | Science/NatureClimate change: Trump will bring US back into Paris deal - Macronhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42322968
But the French leader says he will not agree to a demand that America's terms should be negotiated.Science/Naturehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42322968Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:35:44 GMTBBC News | Science/NatureGolden eagle migration out of sync with climate changehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42318555
Adult golden eagles are unable to shift the timing of their migration, a North American study showsScience/Naturehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42318555Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:56:32 GMTBBC News | Science/NatureForest resilience declines in face of wildfires, climate changehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/csu-frd120817.php
The forests you see today are not what you will see in the future. That's the overarching finding from a new study on the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/csu-frd120817.phpTue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceMeat Tax Crucial, Says Analysis, to Combat Climate Crisis and Global Health Threatshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/11/meat-tax-crucial-says-analysis-combat-climate-crisis-an
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Jessica Corbett, staff writer</div></div></div>&lEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/11/meat-tax-crucial-says-analysis-combat-climate-crisis-anMon, 11 Dec 2017 20:01:42 GMTCommonDreams.org HeadlinesRice University advances asphalt-based filter to sequester greenhouse gas at wellheadhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ru-rua121117.php
Rice University scientists discovered that adding a bit of water to asphalt-derived porous carbon greatly improves its ability to sequester carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, at natural gas wellheads. The filter is highly selective for carbon dioxide whileScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ru-rua121117.phpMon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceHow much can 252-million-year-old ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/fm-hmc121117.php
New paleontological research shows that during the late Permian, the equator was dry and desert-like, yet surprisingly a hotspot for biodiversity. Similarly to modern rainforests, equator ecosystems were home a unique diversity of species, including thoseScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/fm-hmc121117.phpMon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAs World Warms, Heart-Breaking Video Shows What It Looks Like When a Polar Bear Starveshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/08/world-warms-heart-breaking-video-shows-what-it-looks-wh
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Julia Conley, staff writer</div></div></div><dEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/08/world-warms-heart-breaking-video-shows-what-it-looks-whFri, 08 Dec 2017 18:00:31 GMTCommonDreams.org HeadlinesSurrey scientists create cheap and safe electro-catalysts for fuel cellshttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uos-ssc120817.php
Scientists from the University of Surrey have produced non-metal electro-catalysts for fuel cells that could pave the way for production of low-cost, environmentally friendly energy generation.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uos-ssc120817.phpFri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceMost Dire Climate Change Predictions, Warns New Study, Are Also the Most Accuratehttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/07/most-dire-climate-change-predictions-warns-new-study-ar
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Julia Conley, staff writer</div></div></div><dEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/07/most-dire-climate-change-predictions-warns-new-study-arThu, 07 Dec 2017 21:57:26 GMTCommonDreams.org Headlines'Hot New World': Raging California Wildfires Expose Reality of Climate Threathttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/07/hot-new-world-raging-california-wildfires-expose-realit
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Jessica Corbett, staff writer</div></div></div>&lEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/07/hot-new-world-raging-california-wildfires-expose-realitThu, 07 Dec 2017 14:13:17 GMTCommonDreams.org HeadlinesNew guidelines to tackle China's severe air pollution problemhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/tfg-ngt120717.php
More must be done to tackle air pollution in China, according to a leading climate change expert in a new study published today in the journal Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/tfg-ngt120717.phpThu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceArctic influences Eurasian weather and climatehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ioap-aie120717.php
Over the past decades the Arctic has lost 65% of its sea ice volume. The atmosphere above the Arctic has been rapidly warming and moistening at the same time. The Arctic might be perceived as a remote and sparsely populated area, the changes there may be Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ioap-aie120717.phpThu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceMore-severe climate model predictions could be the most accuratehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/cifs-mcm120517.php
The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according to a new paper from Carnegie's Patrick Brown and Ken Caldeira published by Nature. Their findings sugScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/cifs-mcm120517.phpWed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe human race has peakedhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/f-thr120617.php
Newly emerging trends in data suggests humans may have reached their maximum limits for height, lifespan and physical performance. These biological limitations may be affected by anthropogenic impacts on the environment -- including climate change -- whicScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/f-thr120617.phpWed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceQuantifying the greenhouse gas footprint of crop cultivationhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ioap-qtg120617.php
The GHG footprint is an index used to indicate the climate change impact potential exerted by crop production. However, severe problems or drawbacks in the quantification of GHG footprints still exist, which has limited the applicability of the GHG footprScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ioap-qtg120617.phpWed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceResearchers model optimal amount of rainfall for plantshttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/osu-rmo120617.php
Researchers have determined what could be considered a 'Goldilocks' climate for rainfall use by plants: not too wet and not too dry. But those landscapes are likely to shrink and become less productive in the future through climate change.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/osu-rmo120617.phpWed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceBirth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate modelhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/pu-boa120617.php
Researchers from Princeton University and NOAA report in the journal Nature Climate Change that extreme cyclones that formed in the Arabian Sea for the first time in 2014 are the result of global warming and will likely increase in frequency. Their model Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/pu-boa120617.phpWed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceTrump Disbands Panel That Helped Cities Respond to Climate Threathttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/05/trump-disbands-panel-helped-cities-respond-climate-thre
<div class="field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Jessica Corbett, staff writer</div></div></div>&lEnvironmenthttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/05/trump-disbands-panel-helped-cities-respond-climate-threTue, 05 Dec 2017 13:38:36 GMTCommonDreams.org HeadlinesSeaweed could hold key to environmentally friendly sunscreenhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/kcl-sch120517.php
A compound found in seaweed could protect human skin from the damaging impact of the sun without causing harm to marine ecosystems.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/kcl-sch120517.phpTue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceCatalyzing carbon dioxidehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/hu-ccd120517.php
Scientists at the Rowland Institute at Harvard have developed a system that uses renewable electricity to electrochemically transform carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide -- a key commodity used in any number of industrial processes.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/hu-ccd120517.phpTue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceDespite city tree benefits, California urban canopy cover per capita lowest in UShttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ufs--dct120417.php
Trees in California communities are working overtime. From removing carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air, intercepting rainfall and increasing property values, California's 173.2 million city trees provide ecosystem services valued at $8.3 billion aScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ufs--dct120417.phpMon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceSustainable solvent platform for photon upconversion increases solar utilization efficiencyhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/tiot-ssp120117.php
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) havedeveloped a new low-cost, environmentally friendly photon upconversion platform thatachieves high thermal stability using deep eutectic solvents. Deep eutectic solvents are anemerging class of sScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/tiot-ssp120117.phpSun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceHighly efficient photocatalyst capable of carbon dioxide recyclinghttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/dgi-hep120117.php
A research team from Korea has developed titanium dioxide-based photocatalyst with the highest efficiency in the world that converts carbon dioxide into methane.The result is expected to be applied to technologies to reduce and reuse carbon dioxide.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/dgi-hep120117.phpFri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceTo drop CO2 emissions, look to local transportation and housinghttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uop-tdc120117.php
Local efforts in the transportation and residential-housing sectors could help the United States meet the greenhouse gas reduction commitment it made as a Paris Climate Accord signatory, according to research from John Landis and Erick Guerra of the UniveScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uop-tdc120117.phpFri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of SciencePolar bear blogs reveal dangerous gap between climate-change facts and opinionshttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nioe-pbb112817.php
Climate-change discussions on social media are very influential. A new study in BioScience shows that when it comes to iconic topics such as polar bears and retreating sea ice, climate blogs fall into two distinct camps. With little or no overlap between Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nioe-pbb112817.phpWed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceNot all Republicans are climate change doubtershttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/s-nar112917.php
The idea that all Republicans think climate change isn't happening is a myth. A new study published in Springer's journal Climatic Change finds substantial differences in the climate change views of both Republicans and Democrats across different states aScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/s-nar112917.phpWed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceGetting a better handle on methane emissions from livestockhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/acs-gab112917.php
Cattle, swine and poultry contribute a hefty portion to the average American's diet, but raising all this livestock comes at a cost to the environment: The industry produces a lot of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Just how much gas the animals release,Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/acs-gab112917.phpWed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceScience community considers approaches to climate disinformationhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/aiob-scc112917.php
Although human-caused global warming is accepted by leading scientific organization around the world, public opinion about humanity's role fails to keep pace with consensus views. Numerous Internet blogs have contributed to this 'consensus gap' by misreprScience/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/aiob-scc112917.phpWed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceDebate over doubthttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc--dod112917.php
New research shows more varied opinions about climate change among Republicans than political leaders suggest.Science/Naturehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc--dod112917.phpWed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science